Politics an Introduction 3rd Edition

3rd Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-19-902752-1
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 496 Seiten, Format (B × H): 206 mm x 253 mm, Gewicht: 757 g

Accessible and engaging throughout, this introductory text examines politics from a Canadian, comparative, and international perspective. Guiding students through the basics of political ideologies and institutions before moving on to more complex concepts, this text covers essential questions regarding politics, such as who has power in society and why, how might groups participate in political activity, how can we distinguish among so many types of political systems, how is wealth distributed, and why is conflict so prevalent in the world today?

This newly updated edition includes new coverage of populism, the rebirth of protectionist nationalism, and the politics of climate change, and continues to use current examples and case studies from Canada and around the world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

MacLean, George A.

Wood, Duncan R.

Turnbull, Lori

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- List of Boxes

- Preface

- Features

- Chapter 1 Studying Politics

- Learning Objectives

- Introduction

- Power and Politics

- Why Study Politics?

- What Is Politics?

- Approaches Used in the Study of Politics

- Political Studies and Our Daily Lives

- Division and Connection in a Changing World

- Domestic and International Politics

- Citizens and Canada

- Conclusion

- Self-Assessment Questions

- Weblinks

- Further Reading

- Film and Video Clips

- Chapter 2 Finding a Common Vocabulary: Political Concepts

- Learning Objectives

- Introduction

- Political Organization

- Political Action

- Values

- Identity

- Conclusion

- Self-Assessment Questions

- Weblinks

- Further Reading

- Film and Video Clips

- Chapter 3 Political Thought, Philosophy, and Ideology

- Learning Objectives

- Introduction

- What Is Political Philosophy?

- The History of Political Thought

- Ideology

- The Left-Right Spectrum

- Liberal Thought

- Neoliberalism

- Conservatism

- Socialism

- Nationalism

- Other Systems of Thought

- Feminism

- Post-Colonialism

- Environmentalism

- Fascism

- Anarchism

- Political Islam

- Confucian Political Thought

- The Relevance of Ideas

- Conclusion

- Self-Assessment Questions

- Weblinks

- Further Reading

- Film and Video Clips

- Chapter 4 The Role of Government

- Learning Objectives

- Introduction

- What Do Governments Do?

- What Can Cause a Government to Fail?

- Some Shared Objectives of Government

- Some Activities of Government

- Schools of Thought Regarding the Role of Government

- Objectives of Political Systems

- Constitutions: The "Basic Law"

- Liberal Democracy

- Authoritarianism

- Totalitarianism

- Government and Canada

- Conclusion

- Self-Assessment Questions

- Weblinks

- Further Reading

- Film and Video Clips

- Chapter 5 Branches of Government

- Learning Objectives

- Introduction

- Institutions of Government

- The Executive

- The Legislature

- Legislative Structures

- Legislative Functions

- The Judiciary

- Constitutionality Ruling

- Judicial Legal Interpretation

- Judicial Dispute Adjudication

- The Bureaucracy

- Presidential and Parliamentary Systems

- Government in Canada

- Canadian Federalism

- Canadian Courts and the Constitution

- The Charter of Rights and Freedoms and Individual Citizens

- Canadian Law

- Conclusion

- Self-Assessment Questions

- Weblinks

- Further Reading

- Film and Video Clips

- Chapter 6 Political Systems

- Learning Objectives

- Introduction

- Distributing Power within the State: To Centralize or Share?

- Unitary Systems

- Federal Systems

- Canadian Federalism: An Evolving History

- The Division of Powers

- The Evolution of Canadian Federalism

- Quebec and Canadian Federalism

- Conclusion

- Self-Assessment Questions

- Weblinks

- Further Reading

- Film and Video Clips

- Chapter 7 Political Participation: Elections and Parties

- Learning Objectives

- Introduction

- Democracy and Voting

- Types of Electoral Systems

- Political Parties

- Election Campaigns

- Campaign Financing

- Direct Democracy and the Referendum

- Elections and Political Parties in Canada

- Conclusion

- Self-Assessment Questions

- Weblinks

- Further Reading

- Film and Video Clips

- Chapter 8 Political Socialization and Culture

- Learning Objectives

- Introduction

- Political Culture

- Political Socialization

- Public Opinion

- The Media and Politics

- Civil Society and Non-Governmental Organizations

- The Participation of Private Actors in the Decision-Making Process

- Policy Communities

- Advocacy Groups

- Lobbying

- Corporatism

- Canadian Political Culture and Socialization

- Conclusion

- Self-Assessment Questions

- Weblinks

- Further Reading

- Film and Video Clips

- Chapter 9 Politics in Developed States

- Learning Objectives

- Introduction

- Comparative Politics

- What are Developed States?

- A Brief Postwar History of the Developed World

- Post-Industrialization and Political Authority

- Case Studies

- Canada

- The United States

- South Korea

- The European Union

- Conclusion

- Self-Assessment Questions

- Weblinks

- Further Reading

- Film and Video Clips

- Chapter 10 Politics in Developing States

- Learning Objectives

- Introduction

- A Note about Terminology

- Political and Social Development

- Democracy and Political Development

- The Role of the Military

- Health Care

- Economic Development

- The Link between Political and Economic Development

- Population Growth

- The Role of International Organizations

- China: The Politics of an Emerging Global Power

- China's Political System

- Chinese History: The Heritage of Imperialism and Revolution

- The Origins of Modern China

- Chinese Economic Reform

- Future Challenges for China

- Mexico: The Challenges of Democratization

- History

- Mexico's Political System

- The Mexican Presidency

- The Mexican Congress

- A Brief History of Elections in Mexico

- The Mexican Economy

- Economic Liberalization and Openness

- Organized Crime, Drugs, and Public Security

- The Future of Mexico

- India: Politics and Development in the World's Largest Democracy

- History

- India's Political System

- Indian Development

- The Future of India

- Afghanistan: The Legacies of Conflict in a Developing State

- The History of Modern Afghanistan

- The People of Afghanistan

- The Political System of Afghanistan

- The Future of Afghanistan

- Conclusion

- Self-Assessment Questions

- Weblinks

- Further Reading

- Film and Video Clips

- Chapter 11 International Politics and Foreign Policy

- Learning Objectives

- Introduction

- International Politics, International Relations, Foreign Policy, and the State

- The International System

- Actors in World Politics

- Globalization

- Competing Approaches to International Politics

- Power Politics: The Realist Approach

- Process and Co-operation: The Liberal Approach

- Rejecting Realism: The Marxist Approach

- Perception and Politics

- Diplomacy and Foreign Policy

- Geography

- Natural Resources

- Population

- Technological Development

- Internal Political Structures and Processes

- Canada and the World

- Conclusion

- Self-Assessment Questions

- Weblinks

- Further Reading

- Film and Video Clips

- Chapter 12 International Security

- Learning Objectives

- Introduction

- Security and Insecurity

- War in International Relations

- Terrorism

- Humanitarian Interventionism

- Peacekeeping, Conflict Management, and Resolution

- Canada in Afghanistan

- Conclusion

- Self-Assessment Questions

- Weblinks

- Further Reading

- Film and Video Clips

- Chapter 13 International Political Economy

- Learning Objectives

- Introduction

- What is IPE?

- The Perspectives of IPE

- Economic Interdependence

- International Economic Co-operation

- The World Trading System

- The Growth of Trade since 1846

- The GATT

- The WTO

- Present and Future Challenges for Trade

- The International System of Money and Finance

- What Is the International Monetary System?

- What Is the International Financial System?

- The Bretton Woods System

- The Latin American Debt Crisis

- International Finance and the Late 1990s Crisis

- The Global Financial Crisis, 2008

- Economic Regionalism

- The New NAFTA

- Oil and Oil Prices

- Multinational Corporations

- Conclusion

- Self-Assessment Questions

- Weblinks

- Further Reading

- Film and Video Clips

- Chapter 14 Conclusion

- Learning Objectives

- Introduction

- What Have We Learned?

- Where Do We Go from Here?

- Conclusion

- Self-Assessment Questions

- Weblinks

- Further Reading

- Film and Video Clips

- Notes

- Glossary

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

George A. MacLean is vice-president academic and professor in the Department of Political Science at University of New Brunswick. He is a specialist in International Politics, focusing on foreign policy, political economy, and security. He was a professor of Political Studies at University of Manitoba, where he held adjunct appointments in the Mauro Centre for Peace and Justice, served as department head from 2005-2011, and associate dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies, from 2011-2014. He was listed by Maclean's magazine as one of the top professors at University of Manitoba. He is the recipient of multiple awards for teaching and research, and is the author, co-author, or editor of eight books. He has published in Canada and abroad, presented lectures in the USA, Mexico, Brazil, Europe, and Asia. He has been contracted with the Canadian Government on matters of foreign and security policy, and has appeared before Senate and House of Commons hearings.

Duncan R. Wood is director of the Mexico Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. Prior to this, he was a professor and the director of the International Relations Program at the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM) in Mexico City for 17 years. He has been a member of the Mexican National Research System, an editorial advisor to both Reforma and El Universal newspapers, and is a member of the editorial board of Foreign Affairs Latinoamerica. In 2007, he was a non-resident Fulbright Fellow. He has been a Senior Associate with the Simon Chair and the Americas Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C. He is a recipient of the Canadian Governor Generals Visit Award for contributions to the Mexico-Canada relationship. His work and research areas center on immigration and comparative politics, and North American relations. He has published extensively on cross-border transactions and politics.

Lori Turnbull is associate professor at the Department of Political Science, Dalhousie University. She is a past winner of the Donald Smiley Prize (awarded annually by the Canadian Political Science Association to the best book published in a field relating to the study of government and politics in Canada), and the Donner Prize (awarded annually to the best public policy book by a Canadian). She is the co-author of two monographs, as well as book chapters in volumes published by University of Toronto Press, McGill-Queens University Press, and Routledge. She has published articles in the Canadian Political Science Review; Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law; and Canadian Public Administration among others. Her major areas of research are Canadian parliamentary governance, political ethics, elections, electoral systems, and public engagement. She has also recently worked as a seconded policy advisor for the Privy Council Office.